HOT LAPS AND COOL CLASSICS
JULY 2022 ISSUE #510 The Bol d’Or was, for me – and I’m sure many thousands of other Brits who used to flock to the event – one of the highlights of the motorcycling year. There was the ride there – whether it be at Le Mans or the then Ricard-owned Le Castellet circuit in southern France back in the day – and then, of course, the weekend-long party (I seem to remember them giving out free Ricard at the event), but mostly it was about the incredible array of machinery being raced. Imagine a B50 BSA Gold Star going up against a Z1 Kawasaki. That’s what happened. I’ve seen Gold Wings and a Benelli Six on the grid with TZ350 and TZ750 two-strokes. And there were big-twin Guzzis and…